Window-cleaner.



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A. MARTIN.

WINDOW CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 26. I9I6.

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ANDREW MARTIN, OF NEW YORK,.N. Y.

WINDOW-CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2o, 191 v.

Application led October 26, 1916. Serial No. 127,836.

To all whom it mayv4 concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREWYMARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Window-Cleaners, of whichthe following is a specification. n

. This invention relates generally to window cleaners, the inventionbeing particularly related to a window attachment which is ready forinstant use for cleaning the window pane at any time desired.

A main object of this invention is to provide a window cleaning device,which is arranged for instant use at any time, and which is. operablefrom the sheltered side of the window.

Another object is to provide a simple and inexpensive device, capable ofcleaning the weather side of the windows of motor cars, street cars andlike, and which may be manipulated by the car driver from his customaryservice posit-ion Awhile the car-is in motion.

lV ith these and other objects, which will become manifest as thedescription advances, the invention consists in the details ofconstruction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter describedand shown in the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, and in which Figure l is a view in elevation of the eX-terior of a window, parts being broken away,` showing the inventionapplied,

Fig. 2 is a side-elevation taken on the line E E of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view,

Fig.- is a detail sectional View, taken on line C-C of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view, partly broken away and particularlyillustrating the roller ends;

Fig. 6 is an elevational sectional view, taken on line A-A of Fig. l;

Fig. 7 is a detail view of a removable type of cleansing' material.

llhen a. rain or snow is in progress or when the weather conditions areotherwise such as to cause the deposit of moisture and other foreignsubstance on the eXterior surface of a window pane, it is frequentlyquite dilllcult and sometimes almost impossible for the driver of thecar to see the track or roadway ahead. Because of the foreign substancethus deposited during inclement.

weather, accidents are continually occurring which could be averted ifmeans were at hand for the use of the driver whereby he could quicklyclean thcl pane and obtain an unobstructed view.

My invention, therefore, has been designed and arranged to provide thedriver with the means of procuring. under all weather conditions, anunobstructed View through the pane, of the track or road; and by meansof my invention, the driver can, from his accustomed place and withoutany interference with his other duties, remove at will and in a fewmoments any foreign substance that may gather on the exterior sur- Oneach of the side sections 3 and 4, and

parallel therewith is a guide rod 6. 'These rods are'secured at theiropposite terminal ends by fasteners 7 which are screwed fast to thesections, or by other suitable securing means. Slidably mounted on theguides 6 for vertical movement is a horizontal bar 8, the said bar beingprovided at each end with suitableapertures or bearings 8A for thereception of the guide rods v6 as shown. llhen thus mounted kon the rods6, the bar 8 is adapted to be elevated and lowered in close proximitywith the pane 5,. The bar 8 is further prepared adjacent its terminalends with apertures as 8B fork the reception of a cord to be hereinaftermore fully referred to.

As shown in Figs. 3 andf, the bar 8 is prepared with a longitudinalrecess or channel 8C, which is designed to serve a twofold purpose, whenrequired. The channel 8C affords a ready means, on the one hand, forremovably securing to the bar 8 suitable pane cleaning material as 9,which preferably consists of a textile fabric adapted to take up aliquid by molecular action, alr though in some instances rubber or someother resilient but relatively hard material may be used with advantage.

For the purpose of removably securing it to the longitudinal bar 8, Iprefer to provide the pane cleaning material on its oppositelongitudinal ends with strips as 9A.

lil-0 By this arrangement, it will be seen that the cleaning material 9may be quickly and removably secured to the bar S by encircling the saidbar with the material and then inserting the longitudinal strips 9A inthe recess 8G. When thus arranged on the bar 8, the cleaning materialextends behind the said bar and is held between the same and pane 5, sothat when the bar is elevated orlowered the cleaning material comes intoresilient contact with the surface of the window pane.

YWhen absorbent cleaning material is used, I contemplate filling thechannel 8C with a clear water-proof liquid (such liquid now beingmanufactured and obtainable). As the cleaning material 9 is partlyimmersed in the liquid, it will absorb some of it, so that when the bar8 is elevated and lowered, the surface of the pane will be thinly coatedwith the liquid, thereby rendering the surface of the pane for a periodof time, substantially rain-proof. lihenit is desired to use a rubbercleaner, it can, of course, be in* serted in the channel 8G, and securedtherein by a strip as 9, already described.

10 indicates a spring actuated roller which is journaled in bearings as10A provided in section l of the window sash. A helical spring 10B,mounted around the axis 10C of the roller, is preferably used as thespring actuating means; one end of said spring being secured to the axis10C, while the other end is secured to the interior surface of theroller in the usual manner.

Wound around the opposite ends of roller l0 is a cord or other drawingmeans as 11, the free ends whereof are clipped into the lower eyelet 8Bof bar 8 on each end. To the upper eyelet 8B of bar 8 on each end, isalso secured the free ends of asimilar cord line 11 which after passingthrough the pulley guides 12 which are located preferably in section 2of the sash as shown, and also after passing through the transverseapertures 13 in said section 2, unite to form a drawing handle as 14.

When the handle 14 is drawn or pulled Copies of this patent may beobtained for downward or inward by the driver or occupant on the insideof the car, the bar 8, carrying the window cleaner 9 is drawn on theoutside to the tcp of the window, removing from the glass any foreignsubstance that may have been desposited thereon. At the same time, thehandle 14 is drawn inward the spring IOB'is wound up. Upon release ofthe handle by the operator, the spring, of course, draws the cleaningportion back to its normal position, and also rewinds the cord line forthe next operation.

IVhile I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, itwill be obvious that various changes in the details of construction maybe made, to which changes I ain entitled, provided I do not depart fromthe scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In a device of thecharacter described for use in connection with window sashes combinedwith a. pane, a horizontal spring actuated roller adapted to have itsaxis journaled below the pane in the sash, said roller being formed withflanges on its opposed ends, guide rollers adapted to be secured in thesash one on each side of the pane above and at right angles to saidroller,a bar approximately equal in length to the roller slidable on theguides in parallel relation to said roller, said bar being formed with alongitudinal channel in its top, said channel being adapted to contain aliquid, a textile adapted to absorb liquid by molecular action mountedaround the bar, with a portion immersed in the liquid, means forclamping the textile in the channel, means adapted to wind upon theiianged ends of the roller connecting said ends with the ends of the barbeyond the outer sides of the rods,

and means connected with said bar opposite said connecting means forelevating the bar from the roller, as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my naine to this specification.

ANDREW MARTIN.

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